JACK  O'HEALTH 
3  OSfD  PEG  O'JOY 

Fairy  Tale  for  Children 


BEATRICE  SLflYTON  HERBEN,  M  J). 


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JACK     O'HEALTH 
AND    PEG    O'JOY 


A  FAIRY-TALE 


BY 


BEATRICE  SLAYTON  HERBEN,  M.D. 


WITH   JINGLES   BY 

SCHOOL  CHILDREN  OF  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  NO.  15 
OF  NEW  YORK  CITY 


ILLTTSTRATED   BY 

FREDERICK   RICHARDSON 


CHARLES  SCRIBNEjifS  SONS 


NEW   YORK 


CHICAGO 


COPYRIGHT,  1921,  BY 
CHARLES   SCRIBNER'S  SONS 


APPROVED   BY   THE   CHILD   HEALTH   COUNCIL 

PUBLISHED   FOR 
THE   NEW   YORK   TUBERCULOSIS   ASSOCIATION 

IN    CO-OPERATION   WITH 
THE   BOARD    OF   EDUCATION    OF   THE   CITY    OF   NEW    YORK 

AND 

THE   HEALTH    SERVICE,    NEW   YORK   COUNTY   CHAPTER 
AMERICAN   RED    CROSS 


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FOREWORD 


"My  life  is  a  beautiful  fairy-tale,"  said  Hans  Christian 
Andersen,  and  out  of  its  realities  no  less  than  its  imagin- 
ings, he  wrote  his  immortal  stories  for  children.  "  Contes 
d'Andersen"  stands  side  by  side  with  " Contes  de  Fees'' 
of  Charles  Perrault  and  Madame  d'Aulnoy  on  the  shelves 
of  the  children's  libraries  which  have  been  recently  opened 
in  northern  France.  It  is  far  from  my  intention  to  place 
"Jack  O'Health  and  Peg  O'Joy"  beside  the  work  of  these 
great  writers.  I  would  give  it  a  place  of  its  own. 

I  have  been  listening  to  the  nightingale  singing  in  the 
leafless  branches  of  those  shattered  trees  beyond  the  Chemin 
des  Dames  with  a  thrill  of  new  emotion  as  I  recall  the  nurs- 
ing centres — the  homes  and  schools  I  have  visited  in  caves 
and  baroques — where  transformations  more  wonderful  than 
those  related  in  any  fairy-tale  have  been  brought  about  by 
the  modern  science  of  Public  Health  Nursing. 

When  in  New  York  I  first  read  the  spirited  rhymes  and 
jingles  written  by  the  children  of  Public  School  Fifteen  and 
the  slender  thread  of  story  which  binds  them  together,  I 
felt  the  book  would  achieve  its  purpose.  It  is  conceived 


FOREWORD 

with  humor  and  a  fine  regard  for  what  is  too  often  forgotten 
• — interest  to  children.  Children,  no  more  than  grown  people, 
like  to  be  bored  when  learning.  Dr.  Herben  has  spared 
the  fairies,  she  has  done  no  violence  to  fairy  lore.  More- 
over, accurate  information  is  so  clearly  conveyed,  that  as 
I  think  of  this  little  book  in  France,  with  the  illumination 
Frederick  Richardson  is  sure  to  give  to  the  text,  I  predict 
for  it  a  welcome  in  other  countries  as  well  as  a  warm  recep- 
tion at  home. 

ANNIE  CARROLL  MOORE. 
Supervisor  of  Work  with  Children. 

Soissons,  France,  r  J       •»*.«.     T  -r 

May  16,  1921.  New  York  Public  Library. 


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"PEGGY!     PEGGY!     COME    AND    PLAY" 


JACK  O'HEALTH  AND  PEG  O'JOY 

CHAPTER  I 

"  Peggy !    Peggy !    Come  and  play 
There's  the  sun  and  here's  the  day ! " 

Peg  O'Joy  opened  her  eyes.  Mother  had 
not  called  her !  The  little  voice  spoke  again : 
"  Peggy !  Can't  you  hear  me  ?  " 

"Who  is  it?"  said  Peg  O'Joy. 

"  My  name  is  Good  Fairy.  I  tried  to  talk 
to  Jack.  He  did  not  wash  his  ears  last  night, 
so  he  couldn't  hear  me." 

"A  real  Fairy ! "     Peggy  sat  up  in  bed. 

"Jack!"  This  time  Jack  O'Health  heard. 
He  came  into  Peg  0' Joy's  room. 

"  How  did  you  get  in  ?  "  he  cried  when  he 
saw  the  Good  Fairy. 

"  I    came    in    through    your  open  window, 


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Jack!      Hurry!      We    must  get  out  and  play. 
You  have  many  things  to  do." 

Just  then  the  sunlight  came  in  through  the 

/window.    Where  it  touched  the  floor,  six  little 

Get-Up-Early  fairies  were  dancing  and  singing : 

"  In  the  morning  when  you  rise 
Do  your  daily  exercise : 
Bending!     Stretching!     Chest  held  high! 
Jump  out  quickly !     Come  and  try !  " 

Out  jumped  Peg  O'Joy.  The  first  thing 
they  knew  she  and  Jack  O'Health  were  doing 
just  as  the  fairies  did.  Oh,  how  they  laughed  ! 
It  felt  so  good. 

"  Come,  children ! "  said  the  Good  Fairy. 
"  Wash  before  you  dress  !  " 

All  the  little  fairies  flew  to  the  bathroom. 
Jack  and  Peg  ran  after  them.  The  fairies 
were  singing : 

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"  Old  King  Cole  was  a  merry  old  soul, 

And  a  healthy  old  soul  was  he. 
He  called  for  his  soap  and  a  good  clean  bowl, 
And  he  called  for  his  fairies  three. 

One  cleaned  his  teeth  and  another  his  nails, 
And  one  washed  his  neck  and  ears, 

And  the  Goblin-Germs,  as  they  had  no  sails, 
They  were  drowned  in  soap-sud  tears." 

"  I  was  the  fairy  who  cleaned  King  Cole's 
teeth,"  said  one  to  Jack.  "  I  will  sit  on  the 
handle  of  your  tooth-brush  while  you  do 
yours,  up  and  down  as  teacher  says ! " 

"  And  I  will  wash  your  ears,"  cried  another! 

"  I  will  help  Peg  0' Joy/'  said  one  fairy 
with  a  pretty  voice.  "  I'll  wash  her  neck  and 
clean  her  finger-nails." 

The  Good  Fairy  said :  "  Twice  a  week  we 
will  come  and  help  you  take  your  baths,  too ! " 

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CHAPTER  II 

"Please,    Good    Fairy,    what    are    Goblin- 
Germs?"  asked  Peg  O'Joy. 

"  The  Germs  are  bad  goblins,"  the  Good  Fairy 

said, 

"And  they  hate  to  come  out  in  the  light. 

They  ride  with  the  flies  on  to  food  you  are  fed, 

And  they  hide  in  the  dirt  from  your  sight. 

These  goblins  are  sly,  as  I  told  you  before, 
And  they  catch  you  whenever  they  may. 

They  climb  to  your  mouth,  which  for  them  is 

a  door, 
And  go  into  your  body  and  stay. 

But  that  is  not  all,  for  they  travel  around, 
And  stir  up  your  stomach  all  red ; 

They  make  it  a  howl-ery  growl-en"  ground 
And  first  thing  you  know  you're  in  bed. 

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Do  you  know  what  we  do  ?  "  the  Good  Fairy 

said, 

"To  keep  the  bad  goblins  away? 
We    catch   them   in    webs    of  the  sunlight's 

gold  thread, 
And  tie  up  a  million  a  day. 

When    night-time   is    come    and   you    go  to 

bed  soon, 

If  you  keep  all  the  windows  raised  high, 
We  fairies  will   come  on  a  breeze  from  the 

moon 
And  blow  them  clear  up  to  the  sky." 

"  The  goblins  can  ride  on  flies.  They  can 
ride  on  me  too,  can't  they?"  Jack  asked 
the  fairy. 

"Yes.  That  is  why  you  can  wash  the 
goblins  away  when  you  brush  your  teeth. 
Germs  like  to  live  in  your  mouth.  They  like 

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the  food  that  clings  to  your  teeth.  If  they 
stay  there  very  long,  they  dig  a  hole  in  the 
tooth  and  live  there. 

"Once  there  was  a  naughty  germ 

That  had  no  place  to  go, 
But  soon  it  found  a  hollow  tooth 
And  there  began  to  grow. 

Other  germs  soon  thought  they'd  call, 
And  in  that  tooth  did  stay, 

No  tooth-brush  e'er  disturbed  their  rest 
Xor  drove  those  germs  away. 

So  in  that  selfsame  hollow  tooth 

Then*  mischief  was  begun ; 
But  oh!  at  last  the  dentist  came 

And  then  how  they  did  run! 

So  brush  your  teeth  with  dental  cream, 
And  to  the  dentist  go ; 

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'Twill  help  to  keep  the  germs  away 
And  save  your  teeth,  you  know." 


"HANDY,    SPANDY,    JACK    A    DANDY, 
ALWAYS    HAVE    YOUR    TOOTH-BRUSH    HANDY' 


Just  then  Jack  nearly  dropped  his  tooth- 
brush. The  fairy  who  sat  on  the  handle 
jumped  up  and  turned  over  and  over  the 
handle,  singing : 

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"Handy,  Spandy,  Jack  a  Dandy, 
Always  have  your  tooth-brush  handy, 
For  if  you  let  your  teeth  get  bad, 
You  will  be  a  foolish  lad." 

"Do  you  know,  Peggy,  that  you  have  very 
pretty  hair?  "  asked  the  Good  Fairy.  "It 
looks  as  though  you  took  very  good  care 
of  it." 

"  I  wash  it  every  two  weeks  and  brush  it 
every  night  and  morning,"  said  Peggy. 

"  Do  you  remember  hearing  of  the  Princess 
whom  the  wicked  witch  locked  up  in  the 
tower?  She  let  down  her  long  hair,  and  the 
Prince  used  it  for  a  ladder  up  which  ho 
climbed  to  rescue  her." 

"  Oh,  I  remember  her ! "  exclaimed  Peggy. 
"  Do  you  suppose  my  hair  can  be  like  hers  ?  " 

"Not  every  girl's  hair  can  be  so  long," 
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said    the    fairy,    "  but    you    can   all    have    hair 
as  pretty  if  you  take  care  of  it." 

"  Oh,  what  is  half  so  pretty  as  a  girl's  bright 

crown  of  hair! 
To    have    it    we    must    treat    it  with  a  great 

amount  of  care. 
So  wash  it  well,  and  comb  it  well,  and  brush 

it  every  night, 
It  then  will  rival  fairy  locks,  for  it  will  shine 

so  bright." 


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CHAPTER  III 

"Here,  Peg,  is  a  glass  of  water  for  you. 
Here  is  one  for  you  too,  Jack.  Always  use 
a  clean  glass,"  said  the  Good  Fairy.  "Drink 
a  little  water  at  meals  and  a  great  deal  of  it 
during  the  day.  That  will  help  to  keep  you 
strong  and  well." 

"Water,  water,  crystal  clear! 
Drink  it!  drink  it  with  good  cheer; 
Not  from  cups  which  others  use; 
Clean,  fresh  water  always  choose; 
Drink  a  little  when  you  eat, 
But  aplenty  in  the  heat." 

"My  teacher  said  to  drink  water  at  the 
bubble  fountain  and  not  from  cups  which 
any  other  child  has  used,"  said  Jack. 

"Jack  did  not  forget,"  said  the  fairy.     "I 

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heard    her   tell    him.     I    was    dancing    in    the 
hubbies  at  the  fountain." 

"Now  go  get  your  clean  clothes,  Jack  and 
Peggy.  Hang  your  night-clothes  and  bed- 
covers by  the  window.  Fresh  air  and  sun- 
light help  to  keep  the  clothes  fresh  and 
sweet."  So  away  they  went  to  do  what  the 
fairy  said.  While  they  dressed,  they  heard 
a  fairy  singing  this : 

."My  skin  is  very  wonderful, 
It  has  so  many  pores ; 
And  I  must  scrub  and  keep  it  clean 
To  open  all  these  doors ; 
For  moisture  comes  through  tiny  pores 
To  regulate  the  heat, 
And  I  must  have  a  rosy  skin 
From  head  to  both  my  feet." 

"  Hurry  into  your  clothes,"    said  the  Good 

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JACK  O'HEALTH  AND   PEG   O'JOY 

Fairy.     Three    fairies    stood    in    a  row  by  the 
door  and  sang : 

"  If  weather  is  warm 
With  sunshine  bright, 
Wear  clothing  clean 
And  very  light. 

In  winter  a  coat, 
Warm  underwear  too, 
Make  boys  and  girls 
A  sturdy  crew. 

Wet  weather  is  fun, 
And  no  goblins  will  choose 
To  live  in  a  raincoat 
Or  good  rubber  shoes." 

Jack  and  Peggy  were  dressed  and  they 
went  to  breakfast,  where  they  found  the  Eat- 
Clean-Food  Fairies  waiting  for  them. 

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"  Why,  you  have  sent  all  the  flies  away ! " 
cried  Peggy. 

"  Certainly,"  said  the  Eat-Clean-Food  Fairies. 
"We  did  not  want  you  to  be  like  the  two 
people  of  whom  you  have  heard : 

"Jack  Sprat  could  eat  no  fat, 
His  wife  could  eat  no  lean, 
For  flies  had  crawled  on  all  the  food, 
And  none  of  it  was  clean." 

"Did  you  wash  before  you  came  to  the 
table  ?  "  asked  one  of  the  fairies. 

"  Will  you  eat  slowly  ?  "  said  another. 
"Yes,  little  fairies,"    said  Jack  and  Peggy. 

"  Sing  a  song  of  coffee,  rich  food  and  cakes, 
These    will    make    sick    children    with    bad 
stomach-aches. 

Sing  a  song  of  clean  milk,  butter,  fruit,  and 
bread. 

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These    will    make  strong  children  with  their 
cheeks  all  red." 

Jack  put  his  spoon  down.  "I  heard  a 
song  one  day  that  went  like  this : 

"A  diller,  a  dollar, 
A  rosy-cheeked  scholar. 
Why  are  your  cheeks  so  red? 
You  used  to  live  on  sweets  and  cake 
But  now  on  whole-wheat  bread." 

Peggy's  face  had  lost  its  smile.  "May 
we  never  eat  cake,  Good  Fairy  ? "  she  asked 
wistfully. 

"  Why,  of  course  you  may ! "  The  Good 
Fairy  laughed  as  she  watched  the  little  girl's 
face  brighten.  "Of  course  you  may!  Why, 
even  fairies  have  a  special  cake-baker  all  their 
own.  Once  a  year  she  makes  a  special  cake 
for  the  Fairy  Queen.  It  is  made  from  the 

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mist  that  rises  from  ponds  where  the  water- 
lilies  grow,  mixed  with  the  honey  and  the 
fragrance  of  the  sweetest  flowers.  Instead  of 
candles,  it  is  decorated  with  stars ! :> 

"  How  pretty  that  must  be ! "  Jack's  and 
Peggy's  eyes  grew  very  large. 

"So  after  you  have  eaten  fresh  fruit  and 
potatoes  and  carrots,  or  onions  or  spinach — 

a  And  mother's  nice  bread !  Um !  Um ! 
Bread  certainly  is  good  when  she  makes  it, 
fairy ! " 

It  was  a  little  rude  for  Jack  to  interrupt 
that  way,  but  the  Good  Fairy  knew  how  ex- 
cited he  was. 

"Yes,"  she  said.  "I  know  how  good  it 
is !  After  you  have  eaten  all  these  good 
things  you  may  have  a  piece  of  cake  and  a 
piece  of  candy,  too,  after  dinner.  Just  be 
careful  not  to  eat  too  much." 

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CHAPTER  IY 

Soon  Jack  O'Health  and  Peg  O'Joy  went 
to  school.  At  the  door  they  saw  the  Good 
Fairy.  She  walked  with  the  children  to  the 
schoolroom.  On  the  way  she  said  to  them: 

"Please  walk  with  your  toes  straight  ahead, 
And  you'll  never  have  trouble,  'tis  said, 
With  flat  feet  and  pains, 
With  crutches  and  canes, 
For  you'll  step  with  a  fairy-like  tread." 

"We  have  to  sit  up  straight  at  our  desks, 
too,"  said  Peggy  and  Jack,  and  how  the  Good 
Fairy  laughed  when  they  told  about  Humpty 
Dumpty ! 

"  Humpty  Dumpty  sat  on  a  wall ; 
Humpty  Dumpty  had  a  great  fall. 

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How  did  it  happen  he  met  such  a  fate? 
Because  he  forgot  to  sit  up  straight." 

When  school  was  called,  all  the  children 
stood  at  their  desks  and  played  the  good- 
morning  game.  The  girls  asked  the  questions, 
and  the  boys  answered.  This  is  what  they  said: 

"  Where  did  you  come  from,  little  boy  ? " 
"  Out  of  the  sunshine,  with  Peg  O' Joy." 

"Where  did  you  get  your  cheeks  so  red?" 
"  My  windows  are  open  while  I'm  in  bed." 

"  But  how  does  it  happen  you're  never  ill  ?  " 
"  With  pure  fresh  air  my  lungs  I  fill." 

"  And  why  are  you  always  so  cheery  and  gay  ?  " 
"  Oh,  fresh  air  drives  the  blues  away." 

"  Why  are  you  always  on  the  'A'  side  ? " 
"When  I  study  my  windows  are  open  wide." 

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"  What  will  you  be  in  your  later  years  ?  " 
"  A  good,  strong,  useful  man,  my  dears." 

When  recess  came,  Peggy  ran  to  the 
drinking  fountain  to  get  a  drink.  And  there 
was  a  fairy  waiting  for  her! 

"Come,  little  comrades,  come  and  play, 
Come  and  be  happy  all  the  day, 
Play  in  the  sun  if  it's  not  too  warm, 
Play  in  the  house  if  there  comes  a  storm." 

"Who  said  that?" 

"Those  are  the  Play-Fairies."  The  Good 
Fairy  flew  outdoors.  Jack  and  Peggy  went 
out  too. 

"  Hello,  Jack !  "  called  a  playmate.  "  Take 
a  taste  of  my  lollypop." 

The  Good  Fairy  whispered: 

"  Never  eat  a  lollypop  half  eaten  by  another, 
You  will  get  a  Goblin-Germ  and  he'll  call  in 
his  brother." 

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CHAPTER  Y 

By  and  by  the  children  went  home  to 
lunch.  While  they  were  gone,  the  little  Play- 
Fairies  flew  into  the  schoolroom  and  what 
do  you  suppose  they  did  ?  One  stood  on  the 
teacher's  desk  and  all  the  rest  of  the  fairies 
sat  on  the  children's  desks.  (They  were  too 
tiny  to  sit  in  the  seats,  you  know.)  And  then 
they  started  to  play  school. 

"  I  am  going  to  be  Jack,"  said  one.  "  He 
is  the  cleanest  and  healthiest  boy  in  this 
school.  He  is  so  strong  that  the  big  boys 
all  want  him  to  play  baseball  and  football 
with  them." 

"And  I  want  to  be  Peggy,"  said  another. 
"She  is  strong  and  well,  too,  and  can  skate, 
jump  rope,  and  play  ball  and  never  get  tired." 

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The  fairies  played  there  all  the  noon-hour 
until  it  was  time  for  the  children  to  return 
and  then  they  flew  out  of  doors. 

In  the  afternoon,  Teacher  asked  a  little 
boy  a  question.  He  did  not  answer.  Peg 
and  Jack  heard  the  fairies  talking  about  the 
boy  who  did  not  hear  his  teacher. 

"Perhaps  his  tonsils  are  too  big.  Maybe 
he  has  adenoids.  These  sometimes  make 
people  deaf." 

"  Why,  do  you  know,"  one  fairy  asked  an- 
other, "  that  boy  misses  so  much  fun  because 
he  cannot  hear  as  well  as  Jack  does  ?  He 
does  not  even  hear  the  birds  sing.  He  never 
heard  me  whisper  to  him  the  other  day  when 
I  tried  to  show  him  a  little  elf  hiding  under 
the  leaves  on  that  plant  there  in  the  win- 
dow. He  misses  such  a  lot  of  fun,  poor 
boy!" 

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"HE    MISSES    SUCH    A   LOT    OF    FUN,    POOR    BOY!' 


"He  should  go  to  his  good  friend,  the 
doctor,  and  have  his  nose  and  throat  ex- 
amined," said  the  other. 

One  fairy  jumped  up  on  to  Peggy's  pencil 
and  said :  "  Look  at  that  little  girl.  The  sun 

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shines  right  upon  her  book.     The  light  should 
come  from  behind  over  her  left  shoulder. 

"They  say  in  my  country — Fairyland — that 
if  the  sun  shines  directly  into  your  eyes,  you 
cannot  see  the  lovely  things  hidden  in  the 
shadows.  If  the  light  comes  from  behind  you, 
your  eyes  do  not  get  tired  and  they  can  look 
into  bright  places  and  dark  places  and  see 
everything.  The  sunlight  on  her  page  is  too 
bright  and  when  she  looks  up,  that  little  girl 
will  not  be  able  to  see  her  teacher!  Dear! 
Dear !  Teacher  must  tell  her  what  the  Raggedy 
Man  said." 

Said  the  Raggedy  Man,  with  very  deep  sighs : 
"My! 
Sakes ! 

What  a  lot  of  mistakes 
Some  little  folks  make  in  the  use  of  their  eyes ! 

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But  people  who  know  how  to  use  them  like  me, 
Can  look  to  the  top  of  the  distant-est  tree, 
And  they  might  see  the  ocean  beyond  it,  you 
know. 

Whang ! 
Ho! 

Why,  certainly  so ! 
They  might  see  the  ocean  beyond  it,  you  know." 

The  teacher  did  not  hear  the  fairy  telling 
Peggy  about  the  Raggedy  Man.  However,  she 
told  them  a  story  of  a  boy  who  grew  up  to 
serve  his  country  as  the  commander-in-chief 
of  the  army.  When  he  was  a  small  boy  and 
his  father  asked  him  what  he  was  going  to 
be  when  he  grew  up,  his  answer  was : 

"  I'd  like  to  be  so  many  things, 
When  I  am  grown  up  tall, 

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'A    FINE    AND    TRUE    AMERICAN" 


JACK  O'HEALTH  AND   PEG  O'JOY 

'Tis  hard  to  choose  which  is  the  best 

There  is  among  them  all. 

But  all  the  while  I'm  growing  up 

There  is  one  thing  I  can  be— 

A  fine  and  true  American 

For  all  the  world  to  see." 


CHAPTER  YI 

After  this  story  school  was  soon  over. 

Jack  and  Peggy  went  out  to  play  until 
supper-time.  There  were  the  Play-Fairies 
standing  in  a  row,  saying : 

"  I  take  a  deep  breath  in, 
I  let  the  deep  breath  out, 
For  good  deep  breathing  all  the  time 
Brings  health,  without  a  doubt." 

All  the  boys  and  girls  stood  in  a  row. 
They  did  just  as  the  fairies  did. 

As  they  were  playing,  a  little  boy  sneezed. 
He  did  not  cover  his  mouth.  A  million 
Goblin-Germs  flew  into  the  air.  The  Play- 
Fairies  called  to  the  Sun-Fairies  to  come  and 
catch  them. 

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JACK  O'HEALTH  AND   PEG  O'JOY 

"Have  a  clean  handkerchief  ever}'  day 

Use  it  to  cover  a  cough  or  sneeze, 
This  will  help  to  keep  away 

All  the  bad  goblins  that  cause  disease." 

"Children,  come  here  and  I  will  tell  you 
a  story,"  said  the  Good  Fairy.  This  is  what 
she  told  them :  "  There  is  a  very  bad  Goblin- 
Germ.  He  is  so  tiny  that  you  cannot  see 
him.  We  caU  him  T.  B.  T.  B.  stands  for  a 
long  word.  This  long  word  is  the  name  of  a 
disease.  It  is  tuberculosis.  If  T.  B.  gets  into 
the  body,  he  makes  the  body  very  sick.  He 
hurts  more  people  than  any  other  Goblin- 
Germ.  If  a  person  with  this  germ  spits  or 
sneezes,  without  covering  his  mouth,  the  tiny 
Goblin-Germs  called  T.  B.  fly  into  the  air. 
Well  people  breathe  them  in,  and  then  they 
may  get  sick  too." 


MIDSUMMER    NIGHT    IN    VEGETABLE    LAND 


JACK  O'HEALTH  AND  PEG  O'JOY 

"Do  they  never  get  well  again?"  asked 
Peggy. 

"Yes.  If  we  know  soon  enough  that  the 
T.  B.  Goblins  have  gone  into  the  lungs." 

"We  will  never  spit.  We  will  ask  all 
grown-up  people  not  to  spit,"  cried  all  the 
children  together. 

Then  the  children  went  to  playing  again 
and  they  played  until  the  sun  went  down. 

"Supper  is  ready!"    called  Jack's  mother. 

In  they  all  went  and  mother  brought  the 
good  food  to  the  table.  There  was  Jack's 
favorite  soup  with  lima  beans  in  it  and  baked 
potato  with  milk  gravy.  Mother  gave  a  big 
juicy  baked  apple  and  a  sugar  cooky  to  each 
of  them.  My!  what  a  supper  it  was!  Every- 
thing tasted  so  good !  Each  child  had  a  glass 
of  milk  which  tasted  especially  good  to  Jack 
and  Peggy,  for  it  had  been  kept  fresh  and 
sweet  in  the  ice-box. 

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CHAPTER  YII 

After  supper  the  Go-to-Bed-Early  Fairies 
came. 

"  Little  children,  do  you  know 
When  to  bed  at  night  you  go, 
Clothing  which  at  play  you  wear 
Should  at  night  be  hung  to  air." 

So  Peg  O'Joy  and  Jack  O'Health  hung  up 
their  clothes.  Then  they  went  to  the  bath- 
room and  the  Go-to-Bed-Early  Fairies  sang 
the  Old  King  Cole  song  again.  Teeth  were 
cleaned.  Faces  were  washed.  Hands  were 
washed.  Hair  was  brushed.  Then  they  scam- 
pered to  bed. 

"  I'll  open  the  windows ! "  said  Peggy. 

"The  moon  is  up,"  said  Jack,  "and  the 
good  fairies  will  come  with  the  fresh  air." 

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JACK   O'HEALTH  AND   PEG   O'JOY 

At  the  very  moment  he  spoke — what 
should  the  children  see  but  a  tiny  figure 
flying  to  the  window-sill !  Then  another  came, 
another,  and  another!  They  folded  their  vel- 
vety wings  slowly  and  softly,  and  when  the 
Go-to-Bed-Early  Fairies  beckoned  to  them  they 
tiptoed  into  the  room. 

"  I  think  they  are  the  Sleepy-Fairies,"  Peggy 
whispered  to  Jack.  "  It  is  such  a  queer  feeling 
that  comes  when  I  look  at  them.  I  cannot 
keep  my  eyes  open." 

Drowsy  little  Peggy  climbed  into  bed. 

The  last  thing  Jack  O'Health  said  to  Peg 
O'Joy  that  night  was  this: 

"  I  learned  about  the  Barefoot  Boy 
And  his  life  in  the  open  air, 
And  I  wish  that  I  could  live  with  him 
As  a  king  of  the  hillsides  fair. 

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THE    SLEEPY-FAIRIES 


JACK  O'HEALTH  AND   PEG   O'JOY 

Though  we  must  live  'tween  city  walls, 
Kings  we  too  can  be 
For  nature  has  given  the  gift  of  health 
To  him  and  you  and  me." 

The  Good  Fairy  smiled  at  all  the  Sleepy- 
Fairies. 

Before  they  could  tuck  in  the  blankets 
around  each  child,  Peg  O'Joy  and  Jack 
O'Health  were  fast  asleep. 


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